Benefit Golf Event!: Reznick Group June 7, 2011 What a great time! THANK YOU to the Reznick group for raising $10,000 for MCIE. You are GREAT! John Hussman: MCIE October 2008 Congratulations remarks by sponsor John Hussman to MCIE on our 20th anniversary Read remarks here Board Member Position: Apply to the MCIE Board of Directors  MCIE is looking for business representatives who embrace inclusion to join our Board of Directors. Please call 410-859-5400 for more information! Get application here Follow MCIE on Facebook!: Inclusive Education Updates and Discussion Groups  Copy the URL and paste into your browser to find us on Facebook. http://tiny.cc/mciefacebook Top MBE Award Winner: Carol Quirk November 2008 MCIE's own Carol Quirk was selected as one of the top 100 Minority Business Entrerpeneurs in the Marylnd-DC-Virginia region, from over 1400 nominations. Read more...         Advocacy Services: Individual Advocacy: information and referral, consultation, legal representation for families seeking less restrictive educational placements for their child. Administrative Advocacy: actions to promote the adoption of policies, procedures, and practices at the federal, state, and local level to promote systemic changes to ensure that students with disabilities can access general education in their neighborhood school. Training and support: information and consultation to families and educational teams seeking to develop supplementary aids, services and supports so that students with disabilities can be members of and achieve in the general education classroom. Professional Development Services: Training and Support for Schools Including Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders As a part of the national Professional Development in Autism Center (PDA). MCIE provides training and support for school districts, families and communities to ensure that students with ASD have access to high quality, evidence-based educational services in his or her local school district. Systemic planning with school districts: in collaboration with the Maryland State Department of Education, assist school districts to plan to improve the placement practices and approach to delivering special education services, increasing the numbers of students with disabilities who successfully learn with their neighborhood friends in general education classes. Inclusive School development: implementation of a 3-year building-based approach with school action planning teams to restructure special education service delivery to bring ALL students back to their neighborhood school and increase inclusive practices within the school. Inservice training: professional development courses and workshops on instruction to support a variety of learners in the classroom, positive behavior supports, strategies to promote meaningful participation in the classroom for challenging students, individual student planning, and other related topics. Individual student planning: facilitation of transition planning meetings, collaborative planning with teams, and information strategies specific to a student who is included and for whom school staff are struggling to design successful supports. Information Services: Product development: booklets, manuals, and pamphlets describing strategies for including students with disabilities (see publications) Conferences/Institutes: Annually, MCIE conducts statewide training opportunities open to parents, professionals, advocates, and others seeking information on state-of-the-art practices in instructing and supporting children and youth with disabilities in general education settings. Presentations: for parents, professionals, and the general community: information on various topics to university classes, parent organizations, advocacy groups, professional organizations, across the State and nationally.